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   Expend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and cf. Spend.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
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   If my death might make this island happy . . . 
   I would expend it with all willingness.
   Shak.
   
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   Expend, v. i.
   To be laid out, used, or consumed.
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   To pay out or disburse money.
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   They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend.
   Macaulay
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